College Football 1979
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1979 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
2	31.96	1	36.07	15	41.25	Southern California	12	11-0-1	1	12	11-0-1	PAC 10
7	27.97	2	34.87	12	38.58	Houston	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	Southwest AC
1	35.04	3	34.42	64	58.88	Alabama	12	12-0-0	3	12	12-0-0	SEC
10	25.33	4	30.41	39	49.58	Pittsburgh	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	Eastern Indep
5	29.06	5	30.05	42	49.71	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	Big 8
6	28.91	6	29.97	11	38.54	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	Southwest AC
3	30.29	7	29.55	28	45.00	Ohio State	12	11-1-0	7	12	11-1-0	Big 10
4	29.64	8	29.33	3	31.42	Texas	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	Southwest AC
20	19.11	9	26.77	26	44.25	Purdue	12	10-2-0	9	12	10-2-0	Big 10
8	27.29	10	26.29	43	49.96	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	Big 8
12	22.91	11	24.14	66	60.04	Florida State	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	Southwest Indep
14	21.49	12	23.28	46	51.00	Washington	12	9-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	PAC 10
13	21.77	13	23.10	9	37.54	Baylor	12	8-4-0	12	12	8-4-0	Southwest AC
16	20.96	14	22.64	7	35.29	Penn State	12	8-4-0	14	12	8-4-0	Eastern Indep
9	26.03	15	22.19	73	65.45	Brigham Young	11	10-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	Western AC
15	21.13	16	20.23	35	48.08	North Carolina	12	8-3-1	16	12	8-3-1	ACC
29	14.71	17	20.21	13	39.36	Notre Dame	11	7-4-0	17	11	7-4-0	Eastern Indep
19	20.22	18	19.91	62	57.70	Temple	10	8-2-0	18	12	10-2-0	Eastern Indep
31	14.32	19	19.32	14	40.25	South Carolina	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	Southwest Indep
11	23.38	20	18.53	5	32.41	Texas A&M	11	6-5-0	20	11	6-5-0	Southwest AC
23	16.85	21	17.86	27	44.71	Clemson	12	8-4-0	21	12	8-4-0	ACC
24	16.76	22	17.57	2	30.86	UCLA	11	5-6-0	22	11	5-6-0	PAC 10
17	20.95	23	17.54	61	56.04	Tulane	12	9-3-0	23	12	9-3-0	Southwest Indep
18	20.62	24	17.23	21	42.04	Michigan	12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	Big 10
27	15.39	25	16.59	10	38.36	North Carolina State	11	7-4-0	25	11	7-4-0	ACC
34	12.30	26	16.58	31	46.67	Syracuse	12	7-5-0	26	12	7-5-0	Eastern Indep
28	14.91	27	16.19	45	51.00	Indiana	12	8-4-0	27	12	8-4-0	Big 10
41	9.54	28	16.06	55	53.41	Oklahoma State	11	7-4-0	28	11	7-4-0	Big 8
22	18.67	29	15.68	33	47.00	Missouri	12	7-5-0	29	12	7-5-0	Big 8
44	8.79	30	15.54	32	46.83	Wake Forest	12	8-4-0	30	12	8-4-0	ACC
21	19.07	31	14.12	63	57.77	Auburn	11	8-3-0	31	11	8-3-0	SEC
37	11.61	32	13.54	74	66.05	San Diego State	11	8-3-0	32	11	8-3-0	Western AC
26	16.02	33	12.94	52	52.67	Tennessee	12	7-5-0	33	12	7-5-0	SEC
50	6.29	34	12.90	99	85.23	McNeese State	11	10-1-0	39	12	11-1-0	Southland
30	14.43	35	12.83	22	42.18	Southern Methodist	11	5-6-0	35	11	5-6-0	Southwest AC
33	13.72	36	12.74	50	51.86	Maryland	11	7-4-0	34	11	7-4-0	ACC
32	13.75	37	12.34	24	42.88	California	12	6-6-0	36	12	6-6-0	PAC 10
25	16.05	38	11.94	37	49.00	Louisiana State	12	7-5-0	37	12	7-5-0	SEC
48	7.65	39	11.80	119	96.82	Central Michigan	11	10-0-1	38	11	10-0-1	Mid-American
38	10.57	40	11.13	17	41.32	Iowa	11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	Big 10
45	8.13	41	10.47	4	31.55	Texas Tech	11	3-6-2	41	11	3-6-2	Southwest AC
36	12.01	42	10.14	51	51.91	Stanford	11	5-5-1	42	11	5-5-1	PAC 10
49	7.41	43	9.86	41	49.71	Arizona	12	6-5-1	44	12	6-5-1	PAC 10
55	5.83	44	9.82	53	52.73	Oregon	11	6-5-0	43	11	6-5-0	PAC 10
54	5.93	45	9.78	106	88.39	Nevada Las Vegas	9	6-1-2	46	12	9-1-2	Southwest Indep
42	9.49	46	8.77	30	46.14	Michigan State	11	5-6-0	45	11	5-6-0	Big 10
53	5.98	47	8.45	34	47.95	Miami FL	10	5-5-0	47	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
59	4.46	48	7.91	29	45.05	West Virginia	11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
58	5.50	49	7.51	18	41.64	Wisconsin	11	4-7-0	51	11	4-7-0	Big 10
67	1.18	50	7.39	80	72.27	Navy	11	7-4-0	50	11	7-4-0	Eastern Indep
39	10.02	51	7.39	38	49.21	Arizona State	12	6-6-0	52	12	6-6-0	PAC 10
46	8.00	52	7.35	57	54.27	Georgia	11	6-5-0	48	11	6-5-0	SEC
56	5.73	53	6.54	95	83.45	Rutgers	10	7-3-0	53	11	8-3-0	Eastern Indep
47	7.84	54	6.46	79	71.70	Utah State	10	6-3-1	54	11	7-3-1	Big West
43	9.28	55	5.60	68	60.15	Virginia	10	5-5-0	55	11	6-5-0	ACC
40	9.59	56	5.37	23	42.86	Minnesota	11	4-6-1	57	11	4-6-1	Big 10
35	12.09	57	5.31	77	70.82	Southern Mississippi	11	6-4-1	58	11	6-4-1	Southwest Indep
64	3.09	58	4.18	6	33.14	Texas Christian	11	2-8-1	63	11	2-8-1	Southwest AC
57	5.67	59	4.05	105	88.15	Texas Arlington	10	7-3-0	66	11	8-3-0	Southland
60	3.91	60	4.02	67	60.08	Utah	12	6-6-0	60	12	6-6-0	Western AC
78	-1.47	61	3.87	92	82.82	West Texas A&M	11	6-4-1	61	11	6-4-1	MVC
51	6.13	62	2.99	98	85.05	East Carolina	11	7-3-1	59	11	7-3-1	Southwest Indep
62	3.28	63	2.97	60	55.55	Georgia Tech	11	4-6-1	62	11	4-6-1	Southwest Indep
68	0.94	64	2.93	19	41.68	Kansas	11	3-8-0	64	11	3-8-0	Big 8
61	3.68	65	2.23	70	62.67	Hawaii	9	4-5-0	67	11	6-5-0	Western AC
69	0.64	66	1.29	118	96.14	Toledo	11	7-3-1	65	11	7-3-1	Mid-American
73	-0.08	67	1.21	90	77.95	Lamar	10	5-3-2	80	11	6-3-2	Southland
70	0.42	68	0.99	87	76.05	San Jose State	10	5-4-1	69	11	6-4-1	Big West
74	-0.27	69	0.90	72	65.14	Virginia Tech	11	5-6-0	68	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
66	1.48	70	0.78	58	54.90	Boston College	10	4-6-0	70	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
79	-1.71	71	-0.05	54	52.91	Iowa State	11	3-8-0	71	11	3-8-0	Big 8
52	6.01	72	-0.32	71	63.41	Kentucky	11	5-6-0	72	11	5-6-0	SEC
72	-0.05	73	-0.35	36	48.27	Colorado	11	3-8-0	73	11	3-8-0	Big 8
85	-5.05	74	-0.54	8	35.70	Washington State	10	2-8-0	75	11	3-8-0	PAC 10
63	3.23	75	-0.75	44	50.86	Mississippi	11	4-7-0	74	11	4-7-0	SEC
76	-0.89	76	-0.95	25	44.05	Illinois	11	2-8-1	77	11	2-8-1	Big 10
82	-2.96	77	-1.12	131	109.67	Tennessee Chattanooga	9	7-2-0	79	11	9-2-0	Southern C
91	-7.28	78	-1.18	130	108.33	Southern Illinois	9	7-2-0	76	11	8-3-0	MVC
77	-1.22	79	-1.48	86	75.62	New Mexico	12	6-6-0	83	12	6-6-0	Western AC
86	-5.24	80	-1.82	1	21.64	Rice	11	1-10-0	82	11	1-10-0	Southwest AC
80	-2.28	81	-2.27	89	76.95	Memphis	11	5-6-0	81	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
84	-3.75	82	-2.45	88	76.91	Tulsa	11	6-5-0	85	11	6-5-0	MVC
81	-2.30	83	-2.78	109	88.70	Western Michigan	10	5-5-0	78	11	6-5-0	Mid-American
75	-0.85	84	-3.02	75	67.91	Louisville	11	4-6-1	84	11	4-6-1	Southwest Indep
90	-6.85	85	-4.15	82	72.64	North Texas	11	5-6-0	87	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
83	-3.37	86	-4.54	65	60.04	Colorado State	12	4-7-1	89	12	4-7-1	Western AC
93	-7.98	87	-4.68	107	88.40	Cal State Long Beach	10	6-4-0	88	11	7-4-0	Big West
88	-5.94	88	-5.51	47	51.41	Duke	11	2-8-1	90	11	2-8-1	ACC
102	-11.29	89	-6.57	85	74.08	Northwestern State LA	6	2-4-0	118	9	3-6-0	Southwest Indep
104	-11.76	90	-6.67	16	41.32	Northwestern	11	1-10-0	94	11	1-10-0	Big 10
71	0.25	91	-6.72	108	88.68	Miami OH	11	6-5-0	91	11	6-5-0	Mid-American
95	-8.49	92	-7.18	127	103.78	Indiana State	9	6-3-0	93	11	8-3-0	MVC
65	1.73	93	-7.53	49	51.64	Mississippi State	11	3-8-0	97	11	3-8-0	SEC
89	-6.61	94	-7.67	59	55.50	Kansas State	11	3-8-0	99	11	3-8-0	Big 8
115	-14.98	95	-8.29	56	54.14	Army	11	2-8-1	98	11	2-8-1	Eastern Indep
97	-9.31	96	-8.46	123	98.94	Citadel	9	5-4-0	92	11	6-5-0	Southern C
98	-9.48	97	-8.64	94	83.44	Villanova	8	4-4-0	103	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
87	-5.51	98	-8.71	115	94.91	Ohio University	11	6-5-0	101	11	6-5-0	Mid-American
96	-8.75	99	-9.63	120	97.30	Ball State	10	5-5-0	100	11	6-5-0	Mid-American
92	-7.87	100	-9.72	78	71.29	Wyoming	12	4-8-0	104	12	4-8-0	Western AC
107	-13.26	101	-9.78	126	103.00	Virginia Military	11	6-4-1	95	11	6-4-1	Southern C
99	-9.56	102	-10.76	76	69.19	Fresno State	8	2-6-0	108	11	4-7-0	Big West
106	-13.09	103	-10.93	121	97.95	Northern Illinois	11	5-5-1	96	11	5-5-1	Mid-American
105	-12.74	104	-11.16	81	72.59	Air Force	11	2-9-0	106	11	2-9-0	Southwest Indep
119	-16.83	105	-11.49	140	133.67	Yale	9	8-1-0	102	9	8-1-0	Ivy League
112	-14.29	106	-13.11	104	87.44	William & Mary	9	3-6-0	105	11	4-7-0	Southwest Indep
103	-11.56	107	-13.15	124	100.69	Furman	8	4-4-0	112	11	5-6-0	Southern C
111	-14.25	108	-13.46	40	49.68	Oregon State	11	1-10-0	111	11	1-10-0	PAC 10
94	-8.43	109	-13.48	20	41.91	Florida	11	0-10-1	110	11	0-10-1	SEC
108	-13.31	110	-14.07	93	83.05	Bowling Green	11	4-7-0	109	11	4-7-0	Mid-American
109	-13.68	111	-14.39	103	87.30	Louisiana Lafayette	10	3-7-0	122	11	4-7-0	Southland
100	-9.95	112	-15.13	69	60.18	Cincinnati	11	2-9-0	116	11	2-9-0	Eastern Indep
110	-13.89	113	-15.86	48	51.50	Vanderbilt	11	1-10-0	117	11	1-10-0	SEC
118	-15.94	114	-16.10	96	83.67	Drake	9	2-7-0	119	11	3-8-0	MVC
126	-19.52	115	-16.24	97	84.00	New Mexico State	11	2-9-0	120	11	2-9-0	MVC
113	-14.36	116	-16.35	91	81.64	Louisiana Tech	11	2-9-0	125	11	2-9-0	Southland
116	-15.02	117	-16.43	113	93.33	Louisiana Monroe	9	3-6-0	134	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
117	-15.83	118	-18.21	129	106.43	Holy Cross	7	3-4-0	129	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
114	-14.65	119	-18.64	116	95.09	Appalachian State	11	3-8-0	121	11	3-8-0	Southern C
121	-17.24	120	-18.68	84	73.59	Texas El Paso	11	2-9-0	128	11	2-9-0	Western AC
101	-10.49	121	-18.73	102	87.00	Arkansas State	10	3-7-0	131	11	4-7-0	Southland
127	-21.18	122	-19.23	83	73.32	Wichita State	11	1-10-0	126	11	1-10-0	MVC
128	-22.97	123	-20.06	122	98.42	Illinois State	6	1-5-0	130	11	3-8-0	Eastern Indep
122	-18.17	124	-20.67	101	85.71	Cal State Fullerton	7	1-6-0	139	11	3-8-0	Big West
123	-18.25	125	-21.79	112	92.31	Pacific	8	2-6-0	136	10	3-7-0	Big West
120	-17.02	126	-22.09	125	102.57	Western Carolina	7	2-5-0	124	11	6-5-0	Southern C
134	-27.50	127	-22.95	133	123.08	Colgate	6	3-3-0	123	10	5-4-1	Eastern Indep
124	-18.97	128	-23.30	136	130.44	Brown	8	5-3-0	138	9	6-3-0	Ivy League
133	-26.84	129	-24.66	117	95.28	Eastern Michigan	9	1-7-1	141	11	2-8-1	Mid-American
131	-25.28	130	-26.16	132	122.94	Princeton	9	5-4-0	140	9	5-4-0	Ivy League
125	-19.06	131	-26.28	128	105.42	East Tennessee State	6	2-4-0	107	11	7-4-0	Southern C
129	-24.22	132	-26.87	139	131.50	Cornell	8	5-3-0	142	9	5-4-0	Ivy League
132	-26.76	133	-27.14	111	91.92	Connecticut	6	0-5-1	135	11	3-6-2	Eastern Indep
137	-29.52	134	-29.26	110	89.83	Kent State	9	1-8-0	147	11	1-10-0	Mid-American
130	-25.19	135	-29.98	100	85.64	Richmond	11	0-11-0	145	11	0-11-0	Southwest Indep
136	-27.95	136	-30.31	134	129.19	Dartmouth	8	4-4-0	146	9	4-4-1	Ivy League
135	-27.54	137	-30.67	114	94.73	Marshall	11	1-10-0	143	11	1-10-0	Southern C
138	-30.51	138	-38.65	138	130.57	Harvard	7	3-4-0	149	9	3-6-0	Ivy League
139	-45.68	139	-45.72	137	130.44	Columbia	8	1-7-0	151	9	1-8-0	Ivy League
140	-50.32	140	-55.22	135	130.29	Pennsylvania	7	0-7-0	152	9	0-9-0	Ivy League

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College Football 1979Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1979
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)